History Fridge / DARKWINGDUCK

* Darkwing and Negaduck are polar opposites, but they also have similarities. DW can be as ruthless and vicious as Negaduck II if you push him off the deep end. Him losing his mind after Gosalyn "disappeared" is pretty scary. It's almost like he was becoming a third Negaduck. He was even shown using lethal guns and tanks. And to think, all it takes is for Gosalyn to run away for Darkwing to turn into a psychotic murderous maniac like his evil twin.

* In "Dead Duck", Darkwing's death was [[ItWasAllADream just a dream]], but that means Megavolt was never defeated.

* Darkwing and Negaduck are polar opposites, but they also have similarities. DW can be as ruthless and vicious as Negaduck I and II if you push him off the deep end. Him losing his mind after Gosalyn "disappeared" is pretty scary. It's almost like he was becoming a third Negaduck. He was even shown using lethal guns and tanks. And to think, all it takes is for Gosalyn to run away for Darkwing to turn into a psychotic murderous maniac like his yellow twin.

* Darkwing and Negaduck are polar opposites, but they also have similarities. DW can be as ruthless and vicious as Negaduck I and II if you push him off the deep end. Him losing his mind after Gosalyn mysteriously disappeared is pretty scary. It's almost like he is becoming a third Negaduck. He is even seen using lethal guns and tanks. And to think, all it takes is for Gosalyn to run away for Darkwing to turn into a psychotic murderous maniac.

* Darkwing and Negaduck are polar opposites, but they also have similarities. DW can be as ruthless and vicious as Negaduck I and II if you push him off to the deep end. Him losing his mind after Gosalyn mysteriously disappeared is pretty scary. It's almost like he is becoming a third Negaduck. He is even seen using lethal guns and tanks. And to think, all it takes is for Gosalyn to run away for Darkwing to turn into a psychotic murderous maniac.

* Darkwing and Negaduck are polar opposites, but they also have similarities. DW losing his mind after Gosalyn mysteriously disappeared is pretty scary. It's almost like he is becoming a third Negaduck. He is even using lethal guns and tanks. Darkwarrior Duck acts as ruthless and vicious as Negaduck I and II. And to think, all it takes is for Gosalyn to run away for Darkwing to turn into a psychotic murderous maniac.

* Darkwing and Negaduck are polar opposites, but they also have similarities. DW losing his mind after Gosalyn mysteriously disappeared is pretty scary. It's almost like he is becoming a third Negaduck. He is even using lethal guns and tanks. Darkwarrior Duck acts as ruthless and vicious as Negaduck I and II. And to think, all it takes is for Gosalyn to run away for Darkwing to turn into a psychotic maniac.

* Darkwing and Negaduck are polar opposites of one another, but they also have similarities. DW losing his mind after Gosalyn mysteriously disappeared is pretty scary. It's almost like he is becoming a third Negaduck. He is even using guns and tanks to "fight crime". Darkwarrior Duck seems to act as ruthless and vicious as Negaduck I and II.

* Launchpad's BigEater characteristics were probably intended more as a joke, but think about his [[GentleGiant height]] and [[TopHeavyGuy musculature]]. How much food would it take just to maintain that build?

* Take the [[ItRunsOnNonsenseoleum hilariously absurd concept]] of everything in Darkwing's universe being made up of "posi-trons" and "nega-trons" as seen in the episode "Negaduck" and you come to realize that even if [=NegaDuck=] is not exactly the same character as the Negaduck from that episode, of course he would act nearly the same: the properly integrated Darkwing Duck a good guy, so he has more posi-trons than nega-trons. In the Negaverse, the ratio of posi-trons and nega-trons in every single inhabitant is flipped, and therefore all of the nasty traits we see in Negaduck are predominant in [=NegaDuck=] as well.

* In "Crash Reunion", it's established that Megavolt's real identity, Elmo Sputterspark, has been missing ever since his senior prom. While a fairly minor detail, one has to wonder just what his parents have been going through all these years.

*** They don't for the same reason that the villains are all wearing their costumes in prison in [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Batman Batman '66]]

*** They don't for the same reason that the villains are all wearing their costumes in prison in [[Series/Batman: Batman '66]]

*** They don't for the same reason that the villains are all wearing their costumes in prison in [[Series/Batman Batman '66]]

* Pollen is the plant equivalent of sperm. So when Bushroot does his dandruff attack does that mean he's basically masturbating at whoever is the recipient?

* Pollen is the plant equivilant of sperm. So when Bushroot does his dandruff attack does that mean he's basically masturbating at whoever is the recipient?

* One of the running themes of the show is that DarkIsNotEvil. Darkwing being the prime example, but Morgana is also a "night person". It might not occur to the viewer how much they wanted to drive that theme home until he/she realizes that some of the villains are the other half of the analogy: Megavolt, one of the most dangerous criminals in St. Canard, is [[LightIsNotGood constantly surrounded by light]] and Negaduck's costume is bright yellow and red. His cape is black, but it's lined with bright red.

* A seemingly minor plot point in "[[Recap/DarkwingDuckS1E9WaterWayToGo Water Way to Go]]" actually plays into the episode's {{Aesop}}. Launchpad shows the ability to ride a surfboard, something never seen before. However, watchers who came to ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' from ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' will remember Launchpad occasionally showing that ability there.[[note]]Of course, this requires ignoring Tad Stones' statement that they're alternate universes.[[/note]] It's not that [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat Launchpad has spontaneously developed a new ability]]; it's that ''Darkwing'' has never thought that inventorying his abilities would be worthwhile. What was the episode's moral? That Darkwing needs to have faith in his sidekick and not disrespect him just because of his role.

* A seemingly minor plot point in "[[Recap/DarkwingDuckS1E9WaterWayToGo Water Way to Go]]" actually plays into the episode's {{Aesop}}. Launchpad shows the ability to ride a surfboard, something never seen before. However, watchers who came to ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' from ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' will remember Launchpad occasionally showing that ability there. It's not that [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat Launchpad has spontaneously developed a new ability]]; it's that ''Darkwing'' has never thought that inventorying his abilities would be worthwhile. What was the episode's moral? That Darkwing needs to have faith in his sidekick and not disrespect him just because of his role.

*** As Darkwing's MirrorUniverse counterpart, [=NegaDuck=] truly is Darkwing's opposite in much the same way the ''Star Trek'' mirror characters were the prime universe characters' opposites: in some, but not all aspects. In the aspects where they're not opposites, Darkwing and [=NegaDuck=] are in fact exactly the same; and one of those aspects is that Darkwing had an obsessive attention to detail that allowed him to track a small and needlessly complicated clue to [=NegaDuck=]'s lair... while [[FailedASpotCheck overlooking the big black Fearsome Five flag [=NegaDuck=] had hoisted over the same building]]. The reason [=NegaDuck=] failed to realize where Darkwing Duck lives as a civilian? Both ducks are bound by the same RuleOfFunny, and they both have the tendency to overlook the screamingly obvious while searching for an insanely complicated solution from an obscure clue.

* The [[Creator/AynRand Objectivist]] themes surrounding [[Creator/CarlBarks Scrooge McDuck]] spilled over into [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales his show's]] SpiritualSuccessor - it's all about a protagonist with "an ego the size of a small planet" whose motive power is not altruism but personal pride and a pathological need for action.

* Splatter Phoenix has the ability to bring paintings to life. When she dies, she melts like the other paintings. Maybe this isn't the real Splatter Phoenix, and the original was actually murdered by the painting of herself ''[[AmbiguousCloneEnding and she took her place]]...''